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The monitoring of ecological state of the Crimean coast is the great environmental importance. The aim of the work was to determine the concentration of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in the water column of the Azov-Black Sea coastal waters of the Crimea. It could be the first stage of planning and conducting of regular studies, as well as providing information on their content in the studied region in the spring season. The amount of TPH in water was determined by IR-spectrometry. The analysis of their conten...

The problem of oil spills during the marine transportation of oil products is still urgent today. The pollution fate and self-purification of the local ecosystem rates are still insufficiently studied. The article presents data on concentration of chloroform-extractable substances, oil hydrocarbons and the number of anaerobic bacteria in the sea bottom sediments of the Kerch Strait after the vessel?s accident in November 2007 for period of 2007 ? 2009. Chloroform-extractable substances concentration in the bottom ...